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Former Hostplus investors tapped for VC fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... January, two former members of the industry fund's private equity team have been mandated to run the newly created Victorian Startup Capital Fund (VSCF). Neil Stanford and Brighid Pappin opened the doors to V-Ignite this year, with Stanford as managing ...

GigSuper folds, administrator takes over

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
Startup superannuation fund GigSuper is now in administration less than five years after it launched. DW Advisory was appointed as administrator on 10 December 2021. DW Advisory held a creditors' meeting on January 22 online, detailing the financial ...

New chief executive for Fintech Australia

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
Fintech Australia has appointed financial services veteran investor and long-time executive Andrew Porter as its new chief executive. Porter brings to Fintech Australia over two decades of experience in the financial services sector, having held senior ...

KKR appoints APAC growth equity lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
KKR has appointed a head of growth equity in Asia Pacific, a newly created role aimed at accelerating the private equity firm's investment in the region. KKR has hired Mukul Chawla to the role, effective December 9 and based in Asia. Chawla will join ...

Brian Hartzer in new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
... intelligence human resources technology company. Hartzer currently also serves as chair of Beforepay, a Sydney-based fintech startup, and as a senior advisor to Quantium and Sayers Group. Reejig recently raise $6 million in a Series A funding round and ...

Honan acquires Modern Risk Solutions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... Insurance Group has acquired Modern Risk Solutions, an insurance and risk advisory specialist focused on emerging tech, startup and life sciences. The acquisition sees Modern Risk continue operating as a discrete entity, to be referred to as Modern Risk ...

GROW Inc ramps up cybersecurity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
... provide administration services. GROW will administer Vanguard's superannuation assets, while Mercy Super picked the startup after a seven-year partnership with Mercer.

Tiger Global to launch technology fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
The US-based hedge fund is gearing up to introduce a technology fund for local wholesale and sophisticated investors. The Global Technology Fund XV, a special purpose vehicle, will invest directly in Tiger Global Private Investment Partners XV, known ...

Verve Super taps investors for $2.6m raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... investors who we thought would specifically be interested in what we were doing. Many of our investors had never invested in a startup before. "It took a lot more work as we were often explaining how start-up investing worked and what the terms all meant. ...

Crypto platform hires former Spaceship growth lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... former AP growth at Spaceship, to join its team in an advisory capacity. Cheng was Spaceship's third employee, joining the startup as it launched, and departed her role there in 2019. Since then, Cheng has gone on to hold growth roles at several firms ...